Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Naturally , the fair-minded British tend to side with the underdog . |
2 | Few intend to stay beyond a year or two . |
3 | Some want to invest in the island and get some kind of tourism going . ’ |
4 | Some stop to talk to the hunger strikers . |
5 | Mainly the sparks fly down off the wheel , but some seem to cling to the circumference all round then fly up into the operator 's face . |
6 | Some like to work from a diagram where there is a brief description of technique used at the start , then the remainder of the pattern consists of the diagram of the various garment parts , with figures that relate to stitches , rows and sizes . |
7 | Some prefer to feed from the tank bottom , or the midwater level , however , and if we do not cater for these fish they may find all the food gets eaten before any sinks down to them . |
8 | Sea fishing is also taken up by many some prefer to fish from the beach and others prefer to fish from a boat . |
9 | Somehow people producing this , preparing this have to think of a way in which they can trap the listener , the viewer , the reader and get their interest . |
10 | – Some have to do with the child 's temperament ; others relate to parents ' physical and emotional resources and , of course , their methods of discipline ( or lack of them ! ) . |
11 | These tend to rot in the sun and though the treads might be as good as new , they will have to be changed because of the cracks in the walls . |
12 | The skull seems to become translucent , and within it — and in the flesh about it — knotted cords of white begin to form into a spiral which funnels back into a single thicker cord at the back of the skull . |
13 | When fired at a school of fish , these seem to act like a shotgun , disorienting many fish at the same time . |
14 | These fail to grapple with the shifting and kaleidoscopic nature of ethnic differentiations and identities and their relation to internal divisions of class and gender . |
15 | Hydrangeas are very good , but these have to come from the corporation nurseries as it is too early for outdoor ones . |
16 | Moreover , because depression , inflation , or other economic distress can bring down a government , and because jobs , prices , production , the standard of living , and the economic security of everyone , all tend to rest on the performance of business , politicians and administrators alike have to regard business as more than just another interest group . |
17 | Ideas , materials and methodology used all tend to come into the country from outside . |
18 | Explaining to Louise the pull of foreign lands ( December 11th , 1846 ) , Gustave writes : ‘ When we are children , we all want to live in the country of parrots and candied dates . ’ |
19 | In some cases , such as defence or law and order , we all stand to benefit from the service and it would be difficult to envisage how it could be financed other than out of direct taxation . |
20 | But , in the absence of something in the context which suggests that narrower meaning , the authorities in the 19th century and earlier all seem to point to the conclusion that the requirement to establish a conviction requires a proof not only of the finding of guilt but also of the court 's final adjudication by sentence or other order . |
21 | If the raw material of most of these ergs has been provided by other agencies , as differences in character between the surface wind-worked material and the sand at depth seem to indicate , then the locations of desert dunes , coastal dunes and periglacial dunes all seem to depend on the concentration of sand provided by some.other factor . |
22 | By the time we are all set to go to a club I am teetering on the brink . |
23 | All set to return to the fray ? |
24 | We all have to live in the future : the next minute , the next day , the next year , the next decade . |
25 | Because they come through Aldershot and they all have to go through the scanner . |
26 | ‘ We all have to play with the hand we 're dealt , and up to a certain point we can put the blame on the dealer , but that point passed for Jamie Swift thirty years ago . ’ |
27 | No one would accuse the Americans of being frightened of the new , or the Indians of refusing to show emotion , or of inability to communicate , but all need to work in an environment which encourages them to give of their best , and encourages them to look outwards rather than inwards . |
28 | We all need to belong to a group of people who believe , if we are to grow in faith . |
29 | ‘ So how much would Froggy reckon to make in a season ? ’ asked Inspector Drew . |
30 | The routes to satisfaction are patterned by internal or dispositional constraints so that the behaviours concerned tend to lead to an end that is characteristic of a species . |